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Sources for ship passenger lists:

      Din, Gilbert C. Canary Islanders of Louisiana.
      Hickey, John. Canary Islands to Louisiana 1778-1783.


Ships That Reached New Orleans

Ship Name / Port of Departure / Sailing Date / Arrival Date (New Orleans)
Sacramento Tenerife 10 Jul 1778 1 Nov 1778 (via Havana)
Victoria Tenerife 22 Oct 1778 1 Nov 1778
Loyola Tenerife 29 Oct 1778 9 Jan 1779
Maria Havana 14 Nov 1778 Dec 1778
Nepomuceno Tenerife 9 Dec 1778 Jul 1779
San Luis Havana 22 Dec 1778 4 Feb 1779
Volante Havana 6 Feb 1779 Mar 1779
Santa Fas Tenerife 17 Feb 1779 Jul 1779
Margarita Havana 28 Jul 1783 17 Aug 1783
Trinidad Havana 7 Aug 1783 [late] 1783
Delfin Havana Dec 1783 Dec 1783


Ships That Did Not Reach New Orleans

Ship Name / Port of Departure / Sailing Date / Arrival Date / Remarks
Jesus Tenerife 5 Jun 1779 25 Jul 1779 Arrived Havana
San Carlos Tenerife 8 May 1780 ----- Captured by British
San Pedro Tenerife May 1780 ----- Blown off course to Venezuela
Dolores Tenerife May 1780 22 Jun 1780 Arrived Havana
San Jose Tenerife May 1784 22 Jun 1784 Arrived Havana

Some recruits from the San Carlos, and those held at Havana for reasons of policy or from sickness, eventually made their way to Louisiana in 1783. Others may have arrived at New Orleans after that date but no such records have been identified.